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The Legend of Zelda™: Art and Artifacts contains over four hundred pages of fully realized illustrations from the entire thirty-year history of The Legend of Zelda™ including artwork from the upcoming The Legend of Zelda™: Breath of the Wild! Every masterwork is printed on high-quality paper in an oversized format so you can immerse yourself in the fine details of each piece. This book includes rare promotional pieces, game box art, instruction booklet illustrations, official character illustrations, sprite art, interviews with the artists, and much, much more! The Legend of Zelda™: Art and Artifacts collects many of your favorite masterpieces from the storied franchise, as well as rare and never before seen content, presented in one handsome hardcover.

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Interviews with some of the artists behind The Legend of Zelda™ series!

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First of all, if you're a die hard Zelda fan, nothing in this book is new as this book is essentially a collection of promotional and concept art for the series. If you been following Zelda from the beginning: seen all the game manual, read through all the Nintendo Power, Game Informer Magazine or have exposed yourself to all the advertisement through the years then nothing will pop-up and surprise you.

This book has maybe 25-33% more art than the Hyrule Histora. I say art, because aside from the small interview section in back there's barely any text describing the art aside from the character's name or what game it came from. There is an interview in back of the book, but it mainly discusses the art of Zelda rather than the lore. You will not get insight or commentary in terms of hidden story lines or about the Zelda timeline in this book.

You do get art from the entire series from the original Legend of Zelda to Zelda Twilight Princess HD or Zelda Tri Force Heroes. There are 3,4 pages dedicated to Zelda Breath of the Wild, but again just promotional art you have seen before.

Like the Hyrule Historia, the ink and paper quality i really good. Great coffee table book for when you have guests over or want to browse through it if a loading screen ever pops up.

Overall great compilation of promotional Zelda art through the ages in one location

Produced to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Zelda franchise it is the ultimate art book for a fan. Almost twice the size of Dark Horse's last Zelda book it is incredibly sturdy and beautifully printed. The pages are extremely thick and glossy, and every game is rendered in the highest possible quality.The book is separated into 3 sections. The first featuring full page illustrations from every game spanning The Legend of Zelda to Tri-force Heroes, the second includes art of every character, enemy, and boss from every game. Lastly the third section features bonus art including logos, pixel art, and even art from Breath of the Wild. If you are even a little interested in this I promise you will not be disappointed.

This is a wonderful collection of art - from concept to Western/Eastern production pieces. I got one for myself, and another for my boyfriend. We spent hours poring over the pages, reminiscing about the different games. A perfect companion to Hyrule Historia, this art book is exactly what I wanted. Every page, save for the very end, is just that: art. I only wish there was more OoT art, but that's because I'm ridiculous. Personal bias aside, the composition is well-thought-out, with each game afforded what seems a fair and reasonable share of page space. The book itself is very well-made, with a sturdy cover and binding, high quality paper, and the printing is gorgeous. It looks great on display alongside our other video game art and collectibles.

Our book came with slight damage done to the cover but I am absolutely not gonna whine about it. The book is huge and it's beautiful and it's chock full of art work from all the games. To be honest, it's nothing you can't really find online, so if you're not a die-hard Zelda fan (like my wife and I are), then maybe don't bother. The only unique part to the book is the final 40 pages or so that are full of interview Q&A's which are pretty interesting.

my 8 year old loves this book. He has several Zelda books and guards them like a watch dog. He doesn't even like people touching them, which is different. He is usually the sharing type. He is very possessive of his Zelda collection.

This book is an incredible collection of high-quality images. There are many great illustrations included, but very little I haven't seen before. I expected more concept art, but nearly every picture in this book was previously seen on game boxes or inside manuals, with only a few preliminary sketches for the 3D console Zeldas' promo art. That said, I am an obsessive Zelda image hunter and have sought out most of this art in the past. Anyone else is likely to find a lot of old illustrations they either forgot or never saw before. You also get a few pages of fresh interviews with Zelda series artists.